Minneapolis to 支払う/賃金 police 狙撃 犠牲者's family $20 million

By Peter Szekely

May 3 (Reuters) - Minneapolis city 公式の/役人s on Friday 発表するd a $20 million 解決/入植地 with the family of an Australian woman who was fatally 発射 by a police officer in 2017, just days after the officer was 罪人/有罪を宣告するd of 罪,犯罪s associated with the 殺人,大当り.

The 解決/入植地 of a civil 控訴 brought by the family of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, which (機の)カム after two days of 会談, 含むs $18 million for the family and $2 million to be 寄付するd to an anti-gun 暴力/激しさ group, city 公式の/役人s said.

"This is not a victory for anyone, but rather a way for our city to move 今後," Minneapolis 市長 Jacob Frey said in 発表するing the 解決/入植地 at a news 会議/協議会.

"And I do believe that we will move 今後 together, 部隊d in the belief that such a 悲劇 should never have occurred in our city," he said.

Damond, 40, had called police on the night of July 15, 2017 to 報告(する)/憶測 a possible 性の 強襲,強姦 outside her house. When Damond approached the patrol car that 答える/応じるd, Officer Mohamed Noor 解雇する/砲火/射撃d a 発射 through a window of the car, 殺人,大当り her.

The 出来事/事件 drew international 批評, 含むing from Australia's 首相, who called the 出来事/事件 "shocking."

Noor, 33, who is no longer with the 軍隊, 証言するd at his 裁判,公判 that he 行為/法令/行動するd in self-弁護 after he and his partner Matthew Harrity, who was 運動ing, heard a loud noise.

But a 陪審/陪審員団 on Tuesday 罪人/有罪を宣告するd him of third-degree 殺人 and second-degree 過失致死. The 検察官,検事 said it was the first time a police officer in Minnesota was 罪人/有罪を宣告するd of 殺人.

A wave of 殺人,大当りs of 黒人/ボイコット men and teens by U.S. police in 最近の years has 誘発するd street 抗議するs, but in this 事例/患者 Damond was white and Noor is a 黒人/ボイコット Somali 移民,移住(する).

City 公式の/役人s said $2 million of the 解決/入植地, which the City 会議 全員一致で 認可するd and the 市長 said he would 調印する off on, will go to the 基金 for 安全な Communities of the Minneapolis 創立/基礎, which said on its website that it supports "community-led 成果/努力s to 演説(する)/住所 gun 暴力/激しさ."

"We know that no 量 of money can 傷をいやす/和解させる the 苦痛 of the Ruszczyk family, or any family that has lost a loved one in this way," said City 会議 大統領 Lisa Bender. "It is our continued かかわり合い to work together with our community to 需要・要求する and support change to our policing." (報告(する)/憶測ing by Peter Szekely in New York; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

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